Follow these three steps to install the OpenText plugin for Xima® Formcycle.

  1. Install the administration interface on the CMS server.
  2. Connect the OTWSMS project to Xima® Formcycle.
  3. Configure the content classes of the OTWSMS project

Requirments

  • OpenText website management system, version 11 or higher

Installing the administration interface

Download the plugin  xima-fc-otwsm and extract the files to the plugin directory where you installed OpenText, eg. C:\OpenText\WS\MS\ASP\PlugIns\. You will need the URL to this directory later. 

Connecting Xima® Formcycle the OTSWMS project

Download the content classes FORMCYCLE Integrator and FORMCYCLE Configuration and extract them to a directory of your choice. 

For each OTWSMS project you would like to connect to Xima® Formcycle, import both content classes into your OTWSMS project, or import it into your master project and inherit from it later.

Create a new content class with a template and select one of the content classes FORMCYCLE Integrator or FORMCYCLE Configuration as the template file. You can given them any name you like, but for clarity, we recommend you name them FORMCYCLE Integrator or FORMCYCLE Configuration, respectively.

Configuring the content classes

Click on the red circles to use the default settings.

Create a new instance of the content class FORMCYCLE Configuration and open it with Smart Edit.

Enter the URL to Xima® Formcycle plugin, as well as your username and password.

Use the default settings by clicking on the red circles at the left hand side. Changing these settings manually does not affect the integration with Xima® Formcycle.

Take note of the GUID shown on the configuration page, you will need it shortly.

Open the content elements of the content class FORMCYCLE Integrator and select the element std_KonfigseiteGUID. Open the actions menu, click on edit element, and enter the GUID from the configuration page.

You can change the default settings for new pages of option list element of the content class FORMCYCLE Integrator as required by your project.

Open the structure elements of the content class FORMCYCLE Integrator and edit the default content class for the elements lnk_urlErfolg and lnk_urlFehler. These values are used as the redirect URL for forms that have been submitted successfully and unsuccessfully, respectively. Commonly you would select a different page from the navigation menu.

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